GERMAN EMPIRE
PRINTED TO PRIVATE ORDER
POSTCARDS
1906
The 1906 postcard page has now been split into four separate pages as it was beginning to get unwieldy. All 1906 Official postcards are now on this page. Official postcards are cards that were issued by the Reich’s post office, had pre-printed (indicia) stamps and were widely available throughout German towns and cities.
Secondly Printed to Private Order postcards are postcards that were generally issued by entities that were advertising an event or commemorating an anniversary, and also had pre-printed stamps, but were not widely available throughout Germany (most were only available at the event they were commemorating).
Thirdly Other postcards are postcards that fall into the same general category as printed to private order however they do not have pre-printed stamps.
Finally, Miscellaneous postcards is where you will find postcards that do not fit into the first three categories (i.e. they are not official, they do not have pre-printed stamps, and they do not commemorate an event).
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PRIVATE POSTCARDS:
LEIPZIG EXHIBITION , 100th ANNIVERSARY WÜRTTEMBERG , WÜRTTEMBERG 1st and LAST STAMPS #1 , WÜRTTEMBERG 1st and LAST STAMPS #2 , BADEN's 1st POSTAGE STAMP and HAIL GERMANY'S IMPERIAL COUPLE
PRIVATE ENVELOPS :
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LEIPZIG EXHIBITION
PP20-C-6
(12th/21st May 1906)
This single postcard (2Pf Germania PP20-C-6), was pubished to commemorate the Leipzig Exhibition for Sport and Hygene held in Leipzig. The reverse of the card features a restaurant in Leipzig.
LAST GREETINGS
PP20-C-7
(30th Jun 1906)
This single postcard (2Pf Germania PP20-C-7), was pubished to commemorate the last usage of the 2Pf postcard. The image is of two figures, the one on the right being a postman and the other appears to be Germania wearing a top hat. The text reads "Letzte Grüße auf der letzten 2 Pfg Postkarte" - '
Last greetings on the last 2 Pfg postcard'. The front of the card has the same design as the official P63 postcard.
100th ANNIVERSARY
WÜRTTEMBERG
There were three postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-8, 3Pf Germania PP23-C-2, and 5Pf Germania PP27-C-59), each with several variants, to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Württemberg in 1906.
PP20-C-8
PP23-C-2
WÜRTTEMBERG 1st and LAST STAMPS #1
There were three postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-9, 3Pf Germania PP23-C-3, and 5Pf Germania PP27-C-60), each with several variants, to commemorate two events from 1806-1906: The 100th Anniversary of Württemberg and Württemberg's first and last stamp issue.On the top are 3 stamps: a 3 Kreuzer, 1 Kreuzer and 10Pf stamp followed by the text "Drucksache.". Below that are four oval shaped medallions (arranged 2 x 2), each with a Württemberg monarch's portrait inside. Between the portraits is a castle and below that the Württemberg Coat of Arms.
WÜRTTEMBERG 1st and LAST STAMPS #2
There were four postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-10, 3Pf Germania PP23-C-4, 5Pf Germania PP27-C-61 and a 10Pf Germania PP32-C-1), each with several variants, to commemorate two events from 1806-1906: The 100th Anniversary of Württemberg and Württemberg's first and last stamp issue.On the top are 3 stamps: a 1 Kreuzer, 3 Kreuzer and 10Pf stamp but now without the text "Drucksache.". Below that are four oval shaped medallions (arranged in an arc), each with a Württemberg monarch's portrait inside. Below the portraits is a castle.
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PP20-C-10/02
FROM MY COLLECTION
PP23-C-4/04
FROM MY COLLECTION
BADEN's 1st POSTAGE STAMP
There were four postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-11, 3Pf Germania PP23-C-5, 5Pf Germania PP27-C-63 and a 10Pf Germania PP32-C-2), to commemorate several events from 1806-1906: The 100th Anniversary of Baden's first postage stamp, the golden wedding anniversary of the Grand Duke and 100th Anniversary of Baden.Click here for more details.
PP32-C-2
FROM MY COLLECTION
HAIL GERMANY'S IMPERIAL COUPLE
There were another four postcards (2Pf Germania PP20-C-12, 3Pf Germania PP23-C-6, 5Pf Germania PP27-C-65 and 10Pf Germania PP32-C-3) published to commemorate Germany's imperial couple.
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25th ANNIVERSARY ENVELOPE
Issued 1906 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II's marriage to Augusta Victoria of Schlewig-Holstein (Dona) on 27th Feb 1906. They were married on 27th Feb 1881 and remained so for forty years, until her death in 1921. The Kaiser himself died on 4th Jun 1941.
The envelope bears the inscription "Heil Deutschland's Kaiser Paar" - "Hail Germany's Imperial Couple".
PU25
